Trends in the indications for corneal graft surgery in the United Kingdom: 1999 Through 2009

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-628

  Keenan, Tiarnan D L ^a,b   Jones, Mark N A ^c   Rushton, Sally ^c   Carley, Fiona M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REOPERATION;

EID: 84860895595     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.2585     Document Type: Article

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